Nest Catalyst - Don't Build Alone
We are excited to bring together an exceptional group of innovators, investors, executives, and leaders in the biotech/techbio space in the Bay Area!
Join us to hear how you can be involved - we will share more about Nest Catalyst Ventures and highlight various opportunities to get involved with early-stage startups.
How to make the first steps? We will have a panel discussion about entrepreneurship for scientists and how they should start thinking about building companies:
Moderator: Elena Itskovich, PhD - Nest Catalyst Ventures, Partner
Omri Amriav-Drory, PhD - General Partner, NFX
Nadav Eylath - Managing Partner, at.inc/
Alexander Schubert, PhD - Partner, SciFounders
Satoshi Konagai - Investment Lead, Astellas
We look forward to seeing you there!
The Catalyst Program- For Scientists, by Scientists.
Join a 6-month entrepreneurship program tailored for early-stage life science ventures. Learn from world-class experts in R&D, business, product development, marketing, fundraising, and more.
Following our successful inaugural cohort—which raised over $6M — we're launching the 2026 program to help scientist founders turn groundbreaking research into successful ventures.
Connect with angel and VC investors in informal settings to gain early feedback, expand your network, and prepare for due diligence.
Join in-person bootcamp to visit life science startups, investors, Stanford University, present at a dedicated demo day, and much more!
Get an opportunity to team up with industry experts to advance your technology and business development.
A big thank you to NFX for generously hosting us and TriNET for sponsoring this event!
Please reach out if you’d like to partner with us: [email protected]
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